Improvement in packing-bags



EDwAR D. A. MERRILLS IMPRovx-:D FAcKc N G BAG.

Patenfed Aug. 29,1871.

UNITED STATES EDWARD ANNIS MERRILL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PACKING-BAGS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,626, dated August 29, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD ANNIs MERRILL, of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, h( ve invented new and useful Improvements in Bags and Sacks, and do hercby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of mybag 5 Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a plan of the top of the same with the flap turned back; and Fig. 4, a vertical central section on the line a' x of Fig. 1.

Like letters of like kinds denote similar parts in each figure.

The object of my invention is the construction of a bag which shall be air-tight and impervious to moisture, for the convenient reception and carriage of coffee, teas, spices, or other articles which are injured by moisture or the contact of air; and my invention consists in providing a cloth bag with a separate impervious lining, also, with an orifice lined with suitable material, and in attaching a cork or stopper to a iiap secured to said bag in such a manner that the fastening of such ap will hold said cork or stopper securely in place.

In the drawing, A represents the bag as an entire device. This bag is made of canvas, duck, or other suitable cloth, in any convenient form and of any required size, which bag is furnished with a closely-iittin g lining, B, of oil-cloth or other suitable impervious material. The top of the bag is drawn in so as to leave an orifice, C, through which the bag is to be lled and emp-` tied, which orifice is lined with a ring or casing,

D, of metal, bone, glass, wood, rubber, or other suitable material. A iiap, E, is secured centrally upon one side of the bag, of sufficient width to cover the orifice C, and of sufcient length to pass over it and to be secured to the other side of the bag by a button, a, by buckles, strings, or other convenient means. Upon the under side of the flap, and secured to it, the cork or stopper F is placed, in such a position that it may be readily forced into the orifice of the bag, and the iiap, when fastened as before stated, will hold it in place.

In the use of my device, the tea, coffee, spices, or other articles being poured into the bag through the oriiice, the iiap is brought over, the cork or stopper-is forced into the orifice, and the iiap secured in place, by which means the articles in the bag may be carried conveniently or stored for a long time without injury from contact of air or moisture.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein is 1. A packing-bag constructed with impervious lining B and rigid ring or casing D, to form an oriiice, C, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with an outer cloth bag provided With an impervious lining, B, orifice C, and ring or casin g D, the flap E provided with stopper F, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of June, 1871.

EDWARD ANNIS MERRILL.

Witnesses C. ALEX. COOK, ELIJAH H. MERRILL. 

